Alaska Income Tax Calculator 2026

Alaska Income Tax Calculator

Alaska has no personal income tax and no statewide sales tax. Instead of taxing residents, it pays them: the 2026 Permanent Fund Dividend is $1,200 per eligible resident, including a $200 energy relief payment. A single filer earning $80,000 owes only federal income tax, about $8,770, and the dividend itself is federally taxable.

Alaska tax data current for 2025 & 2026 · 2027 available as a projection · Updated for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Alaska Income Tax at Common Salaries (2026)

Estimated annual federal income tax for a single filer, after the standard deduction. Numbers reflect the 2026 IRS tax tables. FICA (Social Security and Medicare) is not income tax — see the calculator above for full paycheck modeling.

Rate	Bracket	Income Taxed	Tax
Total Federal Income Tax	—	—

Salary	Federal Tax	Total Income Tax	Effective Rate
$40,000	$2,620	$2,620	6.6%
$60,000	$5,020	$5,020	8.4%
$80,000	$8,770	$8,770	11%
$100,000	$13,170	$13,170	13.2%
$150,000	$24,734	$24,734	16.5%
$200,000	$36,734	$36,734	18.4%

Single filer using the standard deduction. No tax credits, itemized deductions, or pre-tax adjustments.

What's different about Alaska income tax

The dividend is federal income

The Permanent Fund Dividend was $1,702 for 2024, $1,000 for 2025, and $1,200 for 2026. Alaska doesn't tax it, but it is taxable on your federal return, so a single filer in the 12% bracket keeps about $1,056 of the 2026 payment.

Payments go out in October

For 2026, the first dividends are paid October 1 to eligible applicants who applied online and chose direct deposit, and the second round on October 22 for everyone else who is eligible. Dividends still awaiting review from earlier years are paid on a separate schedule.

Workers pay a payroll tax anyway

Alaska is one of the few states where employees pay unemployment insurance: 0.5% of wages up to $54,200 for 2026 ($51,700 for 2025), at most $271 a year. It comes out of every paycheck even though the state has no income tax.

No state tax on retirement or investments

With no income tax, Social Security, pensions, retirement account withdrawals, interest, dividends, and capital gains are all free of state tax.

Filing and paying taxes in Alaska

State return: None for individual income tax. Residents apply separately each year for the Permanent Fund Dividend.
Federal return: Form 1040, due April 15; report the dividend as income.

To see how Alaska sits against every other state on top rate, bracket count and standard deduction, see state income tax rates for 2026 — all 51 jurisdictions in one sortable table.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Alaska state income tax rate for 2026?

Alaska has no state income tax on wages — the rate is 0% across all income levels. Only federal income tax applies, with brackets ranging from 10% to 37% depending on your taxable income.

How much income tax will I pay in Alaska on a $100,000 salary?

For a single filer earning $100,000 in Alaska in 2026, expect approximately $13,170 in federal income tax — for a total income tax of about $13,170, an effective rate of 13.2%. This excludes FICA (Social Security and Medicare), which adds roughly 7.65% on top.

How much is the 2026 Alaska PFD?

$1,200, including a $200 energy relief payment, announced September 21, 2026.

Is the Alaska PFD taxable?

Not by Alaska, which has no income tax, but it is taxable on your federal return.

Do Alaska employees pay any state payroll tax?

Yes. Employees pay unemployment insurance of 0.5% of wages up to the taxable wage base, $54,200 for 2026.

For the preferential federal rates on long-term gains, see the Capital Gains Tax Calculator. For the federal brackets, standard deduction, and Social Security wage base that sit underneath this state calculation, see 2026 Tax Calculators.